Syrian violence contributed to a sharp rise in
the number of journalists killed for their work in 2012, as did a series of
murders in Somalia. The dead include a record proportion of journalists who
worked online. A CPJ special report

Mexico
City, November 15, 2012--A freelance journalist and his companion were shot to
death Wednesday in the central Mexican state of Puebla shortly after the
reporter had gathered information on a large-scale gasoline theft and then witnessed
a stand-off between soldiers and gunmen, according to news
reports and CPJ interviews.